One of the 'Peru Two' drug smugglers has been told she could be coming home very soon

British woman Melissa Reid, one of the 'Peru Two' who have been in jail for the past three years for drug smuggling, is set to be allowed to return home. She will learn next week if her plea to be expelled from Peru has been accepted.

She has already convinced a court to free her, but prosecutors still have three days to appeal.

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Melissa was sentenced to six years and eight months in jail back in December 2013, after she and Irish friend Michaella McCollum were caught trying to smuggle £1.5million worth of cocaine into spain. But under Peruvian law, foreign convicts can apply to be expelled after serving one third of their sentence.

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Melissa, from Dumbartonshire, claimed to have been kidnipped by an armed drugs gang and forced to smuggle 11kg of the cocaine, but she and Michaella were arrested at an airport in Peru. They later confessed to their crime to get a lighter sentence. Michaella was released from prison earlier this year, but has to remain in Peru for six years under her bail conditions.

A court spokesperson said:

"In the final court hearing she [Melissa] showed repentance for the crime she committed, as well as her intention to reinsert herself into society so she would avoid reoffending."